Because the rules for entering the trial grounds in the Immortal Destiny Realm were very clear: teleportation was random. That was what troubled Xu Yi the most.
No matter how powerful he was, he couldn't protect the people he wanted to protect.
In a situation like this, if Elder Bai entered, it would be no different from committing suicide.
"There's no need for that. I told you, I came here hoping to die in another world. To have made it this far, I'm already grateful."
Elder Bai smiled freely. "All right, there's no need to be so sad. Let fate take its course."
With that, he turned and walked away, chanting, "I have trained my form to resemble a crane's; beneath a thousand pines lie two cases of scriptures. I came to ask the Way, but nothing more need be said—the clouds are in the blue sky, the water in the vase..."
Accompanied by his song, he stepped through the black hall entrance and disappeared.
"Great Elder, we've all come to bid you farewell."
Apart from a few dozen elders, nearly all the Donghua disciples came before Xu Yi to say goodbye.
Xu Yi clasped his hands. "I wish you all a future as boundless as the roc's flight, and a smooth path to immortality. May we meet again in the world someday."
"We wish the Great Elder an early ascension to immortality!"
The disciples bowed together, then rose and departed.
Xu Yi didn't even dare watch them go.
Because he truly couldn't bear to see these disciples take this path, yet he knew it might be the only path with even the slightest glimmer of hope.
According to the rules of the Immortal Destiny Realm, there was only one opportunity to enter the trial realm from beyond it without